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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by dzhiurgis on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:34PM (#39134872)
But you could've got USB-C almost a decade earlier tho
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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by sokoloff on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:02PM (#39135248)
What was the advantage to me as a consumer if a 2015 iPhone got USB-C? IMO, USB-C wasn’t an advantage over Lightning then. (USB-C was not yet a common connector and most Apple users already had Lightning cables or could get by with the one included with the phone. Apple users had 3 years of orientation-independent convenience before USB-C arrived.)

I still find plugging in the Lightning cable to be easier (less precise alignment needed) than a USB-C and by the time the iPhone 8 arrived with magnetic charging, any charging advantage to USB-C went away.

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